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    Tobacco fine: $11,900; Cocaine fine: $482.50

    CBC – Wed, 22 Feb, 2012

    Two Prince Edward Island men were handed fines in a Woodstock, N.B., courtroom Tuesday after contraband cigarettes, cocaine and marijuana were found in their car.

    The car the men were in was stopped shortly after midnight Sunday on Highway 110 in Florenceville-Bristol.

    Police seized 350 cartons of contraband tobacco and a small quantity of drugs.

    Harrison Snow, 20 of Summerside pleaded guilty to possession of contraband tobacco and was fined $11,900.

    Jeffrey Wagner, 40 of Stratford, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and marijuana. He was fined a total of $482.50.

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    • Deanna N
      Deanna N  •  Saint John, New Brunswick  •  3 months ago
      Sounds just about right
    • Adam
      Adam  •  Ottawa, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      heh heh this is funny. and says a lot.
    • Yahoo user
      Yahoo user  •  3 months ago
      you screw us (govt) outta our cut...we punish you any way we want...doesnt matter how silly it is!!
    • Matt
      Matt  •  Calgary, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      Ok. Not sure of the point being implied here. $482.50/11,900 = 4% of the fine. 4% of 350 cartons = 14 cartons. So, if the narcotics were equal to contraband cigarettes in terms of fine then it would take 14 cartons of narcotics for the fines to be even. Makes sense that "a small quantity of drugs" would result in a relatively lesser fine.
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